We apparently don't learn well from prior experience, because we decided it would be fun to fly the whole family back to the States. There should be no question of our love for our family after flying about 80,000 person-miles round trip for a visit. I had a conference I wanted to attend in Breckenridge, so we worked out an incredibly complicated travel itinerary and packed our bags. We flew Auckland to Sydney to Detroit to Columbus. Overall the boys did well. We split time between Liz's family near Columbus, Ohio, and with my family in Louisville, Kentucky. We had awesome time with family, and we got to see Kosmo! The boys played non-stop with all their cousins. I then went on to Colorado for a 4 day conference before flying back to Auckland. Liz stayed with the boys at her parents for a couple weeks. Karen met her there and made the very long return trip to Gisborne. It was a great visit, and it's good to all be back home in Gisborne, with the extra treat of having "KK" with us.